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How to land a Tomcat with a full load of six AIM-54 Phoenix missiles on the aircraft carrier
‘Actually, you could trap aboard the boat with 6 Phoenix, but you wouldn’t have much fuel at max trap gross weight,’ explains Dave Andersen,...
The F-15E that crashed during Operation Desert Shield
Although a full investigation into the incident was never carried out, it is possible that inexperience in handling the Strike Eagle with external fuel...
The formation of 75 Tu-16 Badger bombers that avoided collision after flying at 990ft during the May Day Parade
The Tu-16 Badger bombers took off and began the circuitous route to Moscow, assuming close formation before the final turn onto the heading that...
The US Navy F-8 pilots that instructed USAF F-4 crews in ACM and beat them during every engagement
The Navy pilots destroyed their USAF brethren, to the obvious delight of the F-8 ‘drivers’ and the continued frustration of the air force
Nicknamed by...
An XB-70 Valkyrie Mach 3 bomber doing an emergency landing
Bailing out and losing the XB-70 was quickly becoming the only option…
Designed to cruise at Mach 3 and operate at 70,000 feet, the B-70...